3. Experience

If you’re like me, there are some things that you want never to experience again. To say that you learned something the hard way means that you came away from a bad experience with at least a breath of knowledge. It’s the only good side of a bad experience: a lesson learned.

The Intellectual Mind draws only lessons from bad experiences, discarding any emotional distress that may otherwise be attached to them. The Intellectual Mind enjoys the fruit of bad experiences without having to taste the bitterness of its rind. It is the Inner Mind that recalls the feelings of experiences – both the good ones and the bad ones. And by memory we relive them, at times shedding tears of sorrow or laughter.